Wednesday, May 20, 2009 - Page 2
Software

Netflix Instant Streaming Coming to Windows Media Centre on Your PC

For Windows Vista users, more than 12,000 movie titles and television episodes are now available to be streamed onto your PC, and watched instantly via Netflix through Windows Media Center.


Gadgets

The Coffee Machine That Dispensed Hot Death

Last month, Yogesh Singh was getting coffee from a machine in a stall while taking a break from helping his father run a tent shop. He was tired and needed a pick-me-up.


My Tachikoma Transportation Doesn’t Make Me Lazy, Just Technologically Advanced

I know you can’t have a car in NYC, but what about this motorised, remote-controlled reproduction of a Tachikoma from Ghost in the Shell that’s big enough to fit a human pilot? [HobbyMedia]


Little Ionic Winds Stop Laptops From Burning Body Parts

We first heard about ionic winds cooling down computers by 250% in 2007. Two years later, Tessera—a chip-packing company—has modified the technology so that it would fit into a working laptop.


News

Win! One Of Five Terminator: Salvation XBox 360 Games

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I don’t care what the US Giz crew say about the new Terminator movie, I’m still going to go and see it. And if it’s as bad as they say, I’m going to go home and slip in a copy of the Terminator: Salvation game, and blast those wretched robots to oblivion. You can do that too, if you win our Terminator: Salvation competition this week.


Gadgets

Remainders – Things We Didn’t Post

Here’s the stuff that we didn’t post today. (Until now, obviously.)


Microsoft’s Wireless Mobile Mouse 6000 Has a Tiny Dongle

One of three new peripherals from Microsoft, the Wireless Mobile Mouse 6000 is the first to use Microsoft’s nano transceiver: A 7.6mm wide dongle that is barely visible when plugged into a USB port.


E&S’ 8K Laser Projectors Also Display 3D Content in HD

Fresh off of JVC’s 8K projectors announcement, Evans & Sutherland’s newest laser projector, the ESLP 8K, not only displays a resolution of 8K in 2D, but also projects visuals in 3D as well.


Gaming

Wii MotionPlus Gets Priced And Dated For AU

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Sad news, Nintendo fans: Wildgoose got it wrong. The good news is that he wasn’t far off. Nintendo just announced the Australian release date and price for their MotionPlus peripheral and the Wii Sports Resort game, and it’s coming sooner and cheaper than our Kotaku brothers anticipated.


Gadgets

Magazine Story to Reveal Itself During One Thousand Years

Forget about electronic ink. This month Opium Magazine’s cover is showing a story that is not there now, but will reveal itself over a thousand years, word for word, thanks to a specially-formulated ink.